St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-25

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| they called him, he was u terrible fellow and
| he said, brother, every day and every hour
| and everywhere / am doing what can for
| Christ. ] was holding a meeting up here last
| week and barkeeper bet some one he
| couldn't come up to the church and curse me
| out, and the man came up there and as
| walked back he commenced curSing me. [
walked up to him and said. friend are you
| saved? He said no. anc commenced cursing
| me agaiI / said, my friend don't want you
to curse me again; what are you cursing me
Tor; quit talking that way in church and give
your heart to God. The man cursed me
again. l said, now sir, il you curse me again
| am going to tie you into double bow knot.
The fellow cursed me again. l look him by
| the back of his neck and
MADE \ DOUBLE WAFFLE OF HIM
on the floor, and the fellow hit the ground
| running. Next night saw that fellow again.
| Some fellow says there your curSing fellow
at the altar trying to get religion. That fel'
| low was finally converted, wrote me u long
| letter begging my pardon and the peoples $
| pardon for the way he had acted. listened
| to that fellows talk. When he sat down they
! called on me to talk. Said l: Brother, it Is
| real tonic to hear that man talk. He talks
| like preacher. Listen; you preachers look
| ut me Il minute. SAID l: What are you all
| doing; there are $1,000 young men in Cincin-
natl, and only per cent. of them ever darken
the door Of Il church-45,0O 900 young men in
| Cincinnati who never come into any church.
That is the report OF the Y. NJ. c. A. of that
town. Now, said L, brother what are you
going TO do about it? Next Sun
day when you get up, fold up your
manuscript, shut up your Bible. read your
text out. get around among your audience
and pick out an old bench-warmer that has
| been doing nothing but laying around, and
| lead him 10 the window aud pitch him out.
| Said !, they will have you up tomorrow and
make you pay fine, but will pay your fine
| for you, and when you get to heaven and get
up to make report, you can report tnat ) on
pitched the old bench-warmer out OF the win
dow Sunday morning. Laughter. And the
| angels OF God will laugh when they hear you
done that much. God wake US up as preach
| ers and bring US out on the right side. I tell
you, nv brethren, / do not know how many
| preachers we have got here this afternoon.
| L like you. got nothing against you. but like
you so that want you to hit better llck.
! The devil can run mile while you are pull
on your boots. Laughter. And some
! preachers can never get up on the old sinner
| till he is dying. And when he lies down to
| die they come around
TO PRAY OVER HIS OLD CARCASS.
and beg God to have mercy on him. But as
| long as the OLD creature can crawl he can
keep ahead of the minister, but as soon as
| the fellow got down SO he couldn't kick the
preacher overlook him on his downward
hellward course, aud got on top of him.
| Laughter. Goi wake up US preachers, and
|
Gods side and tuke stand aud fight like
men. A preacher that will be quiet on this
| Sabbath day question, on this temperance
question, that preacher, whatever else he may
| be, is no friend of God or humanity. TGreat
| applause Now, most all preachers will
preach that no drunkard will enter the king.
dom of heaven-will inherit the kingdom of
| God; they can't come that far and nobody
| don't care. But when they walk right up
and take their dagger and stab at the heart
| of this internal tratfic-they dare not do that.
| Why? Because they have got the whisky
soaked in their churches-old, red-nosed
devils. And if any Of those old, red-nosed
| hounds get to heaven he will stick
| mighty close to you sisters, and want
| to borrow your whitening to fix up mis- nose;
he will be ashamed to walk through heaven
| with that oid.red nose. And then another thing.
| Frequently you will find members Of the
church that rent their houses to bar-room
men. don't know whether you have any in
| this city or not; they will rent their houses to
wholesale liquor institutions, and will say
this to you, man who processes to love God
| and his brother and rent his business or
/ money or house to that internal traffic, that
| man is a hypocrite of the first water. l don't
care how much money you have got, or what
i church you1ss belong to, wouldn't house a
/ uIan like that In a church of mine; I'd turn
4 him out or burst that church wide open, one
or the other l say to you all to-day, when
| we had slavery down South and we were
| keeping in servitude the poor blackcman of
the South and claimed him as our property,
and said we bought him and paid for him,
and the time came in history when you
marched down there with your armies and
| conquered our army and burst the shackles
from the limbs of more than six million Door
slaves and
| lam GLAD OF IT TO-DAY.
| Applause. And / say to you people of
| Minnesota If you people of Minnesota don't
| nd dat
| have already fired the gun in Georgia and
| when our thunders shall roll on we will march
and cut the shackles from the limbs of your
poor ruined men and families and set them
| gospel without temperance in it. I'd as soon
try to fatten a hog with his head chopped
| Off. Our pulpits to-day are largely dodg1ng is
sues and preaching on, ''Thou Shalt Not
Steal" But nobody will ever get mad if you
preach that; the old chain gang crowdswlll
probably agree with you there. They dodge
the issues and preach, Thou Shalt Not be a
| Mormon and they don't hit anybody. Oh
how love to see preacher just lay his gun
| on a rail and take aim and hit them right
here, and if he hits them in the wrong place.
he will lay his gun down and say II
beg your pardon. I didn't mean to hit you
there A pulpit with an ISSUE That's the
sort of a preacher want. One that will just
jam fellow up in a corner and make him
believe the devil has got MIN sure. Wher-
find all the seats and pews full of people and
standing up in the aisle. Wherever the fur Is
| going TO fly everybody is going to see it fly,
if they have to furnish little fur to see it
| fly. Il have fought a good fight" I have
come on to the right side. Let every preacher
! the right side of every issue and stand there
and fight and fight till God says it is enough,
go up higher. Well then, here have known
preachers sometimes to come out fully on
Gods side and
| FIGHT THE DEVIL AND HIS CREW,
and then the members will get to one side
and say / wish he hadn't said some things.
Was not it true? Oh yes, 1t was all true, but
] don't thing it was policy to say it. You
! pusillanimous old dog in God Almighty S
church. 1t is true; it is nothing but the
truth, but am sorry he said it; it will iniure
our church. 1t will injure your church;
then it amt Gods church. and the sooner
you get out of it the better, and the sooner it
is ruined the better Oh, how l love to see a
man stand up and preach the truth. Now,
brother, we need some soldiers of the Cross,
not only in the pulpit but down in the pew;
that is where we need them. Some Of our
members are mighty daring. Why are they
SO daring in this future speculation? They
will risk $4,000 in one weeks speculation.
They will risk $50s on some Town
property; they will risk almost
anything in the world, but when 1t
comes to the religion of God and human
ity they are the most cautious crowd you
ever saw. They will tell you we have to be
cautious. We are not sure whether foreign
missions will pay not, and I don't know
whether the church extension. The most
cautious fellow you ever looked at, but if
there is $4,000 to be made in real estate he
is about the widest man in town. He is will.
ing to risk every dollar he has in speculation
What do We want to do with them said. We
want to head you right-turn you right. We
want to get some of your daring and courage
turned into the moral channel; that will
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